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Ossuary - Definition of Ossuary at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Ossuary. Look it up now! ... Use ossuary in a Sentence...
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The James Ossuary and the Jesus Ossuary ... Recently, much has been written about the inscribed Jerusalem ossuary (bone casket) attributed to Jesus' brother James, as brought to light in the Biblical Archaeological Review for November-December 2002. News of this discovery was immediately followed-up by National Geographic,
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Church of Bones, Kostnice Ossuary in Sedlec, Kutna Hora, Prague (Czech Republic). Limited Edition Photography. ... Kostnice (Church of Bones), Kutna Hora, Sedlec Ossuary, Prague...
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A page dedicated to the Ossuary (bonehouse) in Sedlec (Czech Republic): a small church decorated with the bones of 40 000 people. ... The Sedlec Ossuary (a.k.a. Kostnice) is a small Christian chapel decorated with human bones. It's located in Sedlec, which is a suburb in the outskirts of the Czech town Kutna Hora.
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From the first century B.C. to about 70 A.D., it was the burial custom of Jews to place their dead in a cave for a year, then retrieve the bones and put them in an ossuary. Several hundred such boxes from that era have been found—some ornately carved and others plain, some with feet and others without.
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